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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Local Fun Things to Do

In the last several weeks, school has ended.

This is the first year that my little guy was in school
full-day…5 days a week. I have MISSED
him terribly. So, the last several weeks, we have been bonding again. Snuggling, holding hands, playing games, etc.

But, I don’t want to just let his summer slip by without
having a ton of fun. To that end, I came
up with a list of local free or low cost activities for us to do. After I did,
I saw a list going around of 50 fun things to do in Philly. There is some overlap between my own list and
their….but I swear I didn't copy. I came up with more than 30 things on my own.

Some of the things I have chosen, are based on a few
memberships that I have. When I pick a
membership, I look at the cost and what the reciprocal memberships are. A perfect example of this is the Delaware Museum of Natural History. They offer
reciprocals at 4 VERY local places that we would have a good time at…including
the “dinosaur” museum in Philly. Make
sure you read the fine print. Does the
reciprocal membership offer free admission or do you have to pay 50% of the
entrance fee. Are there any restrictions
like day of the week or the distance from the reciprocal museum to the
residence on your ID? Are you limited to
number of children you can bring?
Because I have an only child and I usually am watching one of my friend’s
children, I always add a second child on when I fill out the membership. That way I’m not charged for the favor I am
doing my friend…but we’re still having fun.

All that said here’s the list that I came up with. If you have any other suggestions, let me
know. I could use a few more!!!

1 comment:

Ooh, we're totally stealing some of your ideas. I am sure you have been but my boys beg to go to the Herr's Factory every summer and I am happy to oblige! Also, you know about the 10 books = $10 thing at TD Bank, right? Print out the page from their website, jot down names and authors of 10 books your child reads this summer, and they put $10 in a TD account for him. They also have the cool change-counting machine there so I take the boys and their change every summer and they have nice little accounts there. Since they are sub-18 there are no fees attached. Happy summer!

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